New airline makes emergency landing

New airline makes emergency landing

Agencies, Sydney, Australia

An airplane belonging to a new Indonesian-owned airline made an
emergency landing at Sydney's international airport on Monday
after a faulty cockpit light indicated a problem with its
hydraulics, the carrier said.

The Airbus A300-600 was carrying 124 passengers and 11 crew,
said Gary Hilt, national business manager with Air Paradise
International. The cockpit erroneously indicated that there was a
problem with the plane's hydraulics, Hilt said.

Flight AD063 was due to stop in Sydney anyway to pick up
passengers en route to the Indonesian island of Bali from the
southern city of Melbourne but was delayed for about an hour
while the light was fixed, Hilt said.

The plane got priority to land and emergency services at the
airport were put on standby.

Air Paradise International is owned by Balinese businessman
Kadek Wiranatha. It began flights between Australia and Bali on
Feb. 18, and operates four weekly services from Melbourne and
Sydney to Denpasar, and five times a week from the West
Australian city of Perth.

The airline also operates flights between Bali and Seoul, Hilt
said.